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Waratah is designed for a larger 3 to 4-year-old kindergarten group, supporting children to build confidence, independence, and school readiness through collaborative learning, critical thinking, and enriched literacy and numeracy experiences.
Warm, responsive relationships help children develop confidence, independence, belonging, and successful learning.
Safe, age-appropriate sensory experiences including treasure baskets, textures, sounds, and visual stimulation.
Daily reading, writing and talking with children to build upon vocabulary, listening and comprehension skills to build the foundations for future reading and writing.
Songs, rhymes, and gentle movement activities to develop rhythm, coordination, and spatial awareness.
Build upon children’s fine motor and gross motor development to support increasing coordination, balance, strength, and control of movements.
Provide consistent and responsive support for children’s individual routines, recognising each child’s development, preferences and interests are unique.
While we respect individual routines, here’s an overview of a typical day in the Waratah Room:
6:30 – 8:30 AM
Arrival, indoor play, and breakfast
8:30 – 9:30 AM
Open-ended play and morning tea at 9:00 AM
9:30 – 11.30 AM
Structured intentional teaching program, indoors or indoor / outdoor
11:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Lunch time / rest time / indoor or outdoor play (individual sleep times respected, if required)
2:30 – 3:00 PM
Group times / free play transition for afternoon tea
3:00 PM
Afternoon tea
3:30 – 5:30 PM
Indoor / outdoor play experiences
5:30 – 6:30 PM
Late snack and departure
* Individual routines are prioritized – babies eat, sleep, and play according to their own needs and schedules.
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Providing quality early childhood education and care in the heart of Hoppers Crossing, serving families throughout the Wyndham City area.
Acknowledgement of Country: Wyndarra Children’s Centre acknowledges that we are meeting on the traditional country of the Bunurong people, and we also acknowledge their neighbours the Wadawurrung people of the Kulin Nation and pay respect to Elders past and present. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs, and relationship with the land, which continue to be important to the Bunurong & Wadawurrung people living today.